LHRC: Parents must write will before hand

By Elias Mhegera
TANZANIAN parents have been advised to write to their Will before they die in order to reduce problems to their spouses during probate causes.

This advice was part of the greetings to Tanzanian women by Ms Miriam Gonzalez who is the Head of Trade at the DLA-Piper in the United Kingdom. She spoke on behalf of Lawyers Circle an organization from the UK which deals with women issues.

Early while inviting his visitors the Executive Director for the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), Francis Kiwanga said that the aim of this visit was to encourage and inspire women activists and legal NGOs dealing with women issues to operate more professionally and without fear.

The exchange of these lawyers will also involve reviewing and discussing pertinent international agreements like the Maputo Protocol which calls for equal representation between men and women in all aspects of leadership like the Parliament and other posts.

Kiwanga said that women are always disadvantaged whenever they have to compete with men in various issues, thus the justification to have such bodies. He said that although his centre has main offices in Dar es Salaam but it has cluster centres which assist in the provision of services.

He counseled the media to cover more stories on human rights and other pertinent issues since people at large have a trust in them. “Previously people used to run to the police stations to air their problems, now days they rush to the media in order to invite wide attention, this is a positive development that we should all cherish,” he said.

On her part Ms Gonzalez who spoke on behalf of her group she challenged the women activists and paralegal institutions to identify and intervene to in time to help all women who are in need of closer attention whenever they fell victim of circumstances.

Among women groups that were represented at the occasion are the Women's Legal Aid Centre (WLAC), Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP), others are; Southern Africa Human Rights NGO-Network (SAHRiNGON) Women in Law and Development in Africa Tanzania (WiLDAF), Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA) and many others.